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<ul><li>Occidental Petroleum delivered a disappointing set of results as the company could not meet Wall Street's revenue and earnings expectations.</li><li>The company's adjusted profit of $0.68 per diluted share slightly exceeded the reported profit of $0.63.</li><li>Despite planned maintenance activities across their oil and gas businesses, the company generated over $1 billion of free cash flow for working capital.</li></ul>

Occidental Petroleum delivered a disappointing set of results as the company could not meet Wall Street's revenue and earnings expectations.The company's adjusted profit of $0.68 per diluted share slightly exceeded the reported profit of $0.63.Despite planned maintenance activities across their oil and gas businesses, the company generated over $1 billion of free cash flow for working capital.

Occidental Petroleum: Tackling Challenges with Bold Operational Improvements! - Major Drivers

Fundamental Short Selling Research

Eric Fernandez, CFA

TwoRiversAnalytics

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<li>Atkore's key products retained their unusually high prices last quarter, resulting in another strong quarter and raised guidance.</li>
<li>But key PVC prices are starting to weaken with the resumption of production in the US Gulf Coast.  Prices will fall much further.</li>
<li>Record high margins will contract meaningfully.  Estimates and valuations continue to be unrealistic leading us to maintain our short.</li>
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Atkore's key products retained their unusually high prices last quarter, resulting in another strong quarter and raised guidance.
But key PVC prices are starting to weaken with the resumption of production in the US Gulf Coast.  Prices will fall much further.
Record high margins will contract meaningfully.  Estimates and valuations continue to be unrealistic leading us to maintain our short.


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Commodities

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<li>Occidental trades at higher PE and PB valuations than Exxon Mobil, Chevron, Shell, TotalEnergies, and BP. European oil majors are cheaper than American peers.  </li>
<li>Occidental has been the Permian Basin's leading oil and gas producer for the past five years. </li>
<li>Occidental expects to close the USD 12 billion CrownRock acquisition by August. The deal is anticipated to boost its oil output by 170k bpd. </li>
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Occidental trades at higher PE and PB valuations than Exxon Mobil, Chevron, Shell, TotalEnergies, and BP. European oil majors are cheaper than American peers.  
Occidental has been the Permian Basin's leading oil and gas producer for the past five years. 
Occidental expects to close the USD 12 billion CrownRock acquisition by August. The deal is anticipated to boost its oil output by 170k bpd. 


Berkshire's Bullish Bet on Occidental Fails to Sway Market Sentiments

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<li>An unexpected increase in US crude oil and gasoline inventories pushed oil prices down but the ongoing conflicts capped the downside.</li>
<li>Growing natural gas output dampens Henry Hub’s uptrend. Europe will ban transshipments of Russian LNG in its ports from March 2025.</li>
<li>Chevron's Wheatstone LNG facility in Australia resumed full production. Wells Fargo lowered its target price on Shell but raised it on Occidental.</li>
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An unexpected increase in US crude oil and gasoline inventories pushed oil prices down but the ongoing conflicts capped the downside.
Growing natural gas output dampens Henry Hub’s uptrend. Europe will ban transshipments of Russian LNG in its ports from March 2025.
Chevron's Wheatstone LNG facility in Australia resumed full production. Wells Fargo lowered its target price on Shell but raised it on Occidental.


[ETP 26/2024] Oil Prices Drop on Surprise Inventory Build; Oil Majors Slide but Retain Gains

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<li>The gap between OPEC and IEA’s oil demand forecasts widened: OPEC kept its 2024 forecast at 2.25m bpd, while IEA lowered its forecast to 960k bpd from 1.1m bpd.</li>
<li>Europe’s attempt to cut Russian LNG imports grows stronger, as the French Senate Committee recommends cutting Russian dependence.</li>
<li>Since 17/June, Energy majors began recovering. Berkshire increased its holdings in Occidental, while Shell expanded its LNG market access by acquiring Pavilion Energy.</li>
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The gap between OPEC and IEA’s oil demand forecasts widened: OPEC kept its 2024 forecast at 2.25m bpd, while IEA lowered its forecast to 960k bpd from 1.1m bpd.
Europe’s attempt to cut Russian LNG imports grows stronger, as the French Senate Committee recommends cutting Russian dependence.
Since 17/June, Energy majors began recovering. Berkshire increased its holdings in Occidental, while Shell expanded its LNG market access by acquiring Pavilion Energy.


[ETP 25/2024] Energy Majors Bounce Back; Their Expansion Spree Continues

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Occidental Petroleum Corporation explores for, develops, produces, and markets crude oil and natural gas.  The Company also manufactures and markets a variety of basic chemicals, vinyls and performance chemicals. Occidental also gathers, treats, processes, transports, stores, trades and markets crude oil, natural gas, NGLs, condensate and carbon dioxide (CO2) and generates and markets power.

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Occidental Petroleum (OXY US)

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